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In the new house we recently moved into, it has an electronic timer on the wall. This timer allows us to set three times to switch the boiler on and off. With this, both the heating is switched on and hot water at the same time. We don't have a single thermostat for the heating neither and have...

The actual shape of the door and glass is as below: It does look like there is beading around it. How much would I be looking for for replacement glass roughly? Just plain glass will suffice? Is it easy to replace? Also, if I were to put a frosted glass spray on the window, would it...

I purchased a glazed interior door today with a frosted glass effect on it - similar to the one in the picture below: Just wondering if anybody knows of anyway of removing the frost effect so that it is just plain, transparent glass with no effect on it? Is there any sort of remover you...

Is it called SBK or does that stand for something? At the moment, there's just two big stumps in the garden surrounded by soil so I just want to kill everything

So I got out in the garden today and got rid of all the old bushes etc... (well most of them - see here.) Now, we've decided to just have a slim path running to the front door from the gate and the rest of the garden to be covered in chippings / stones with planters here and there so that it's...

I moved into a small terraced house in December with a 10" by 10" front garden roughly. It kinda had a path to the front door and then a square jungle; covered in climbing ivy and ramdom bushes. It was all over grown etc...... Anyway, we had lovely weather today and so, decided to get out in...

I'm just worried that the grab adhesive will eventually wear off and the beading will end up twanging the poor dog in the face. Is grab adhesive that strong to hold it?

I have fitted my flooring so that it runs up to my prefitted fireplace. Subsequently, there is an expansion gap between the flooring and the fireplace. I have purchased some beading but I am having some problems. The fire hearth is bowed and as a result, I am facing a challenge trying to bend...

Cheers for that. It's only recently that it's started making the noises. With that, does it mean that it needs replacing as it's never been noisy previously. Also, I recently turned the valve to "max" - would this have had an effect?

Yes it does. This is where the sound seems to be coming from.

Recently, the radiator in our main bedroom has stated making really, really loud groaning noises. The noises last about 30 seconds and they resemble the sound of a drill going through some masonry brick. It only happens on the one radiator; this being in the room in which the boiler / airing...

We have just moved into a new house. The gas pipe that feeds the fire is located in front of the chimney breast. We have ordered a new fire and this is due to arrive in 2 weeks when it will be fitted. The problem is, everything is now on hold - we can't put down the flooring or fit the new...

I went to two of my local hardware stores yesterday but I couldn't find coving mitre blocks.

The bricks are all chopped in half and stuff now. The fire fitter is coming on Monday next week. Should I just leave it for him to look at and rectify?

OK..........so I had a go at putting up the coving with my dad today and we just couldn't get the angles right for the interior corners. We tried 45 degree angles but they just didn't seem to fit for some reason. Anyway, I went to B&Q and bought two ready-cut corner pieces to use as guides...

Anyone got any tips / guidance on changing the taps / plugs on a bath and a sink? The sink is already in place and so, I'm struggling to get my hands behind the sink basin to loosen the waste pipe

OK..............I've moved into my new house and am getting a fire fitted next week. To help the fitter, I decided to know our the chimney breast a little more. Anyway, stupidly I knocked out a few bricks that were resting on the wooden plinth in the chimney breast; the plinth above the hole...

I was thinking of using "no more nails" - is Knauf board adhesive stronger?

I have just had my living room replastered today by a plasterer. He has said that the room will take around 5-7 days to dry. I'm just wondering how long I have to wait before I can fit coving to the walls / ceiling? I am hoping to fix the coving with a glue-type substance. The coving is not wood...

How sad am I thinking about doing work on my new house when it's Christmas Eve. Basically, we've moved into a 2-up, 2-down. We have a radiator in the kitchen and one in the main bedroom but we are missing radiators in the living room and the small rear bedroom. Is it a big job to get an...